Home › Words › F › frondationfrondationfrondation means the act of stripping, especially of trees, of leaves or branches.EtymologyFrom Latin frondatio, from frons. See frond.nounThe act of stripping, especially of trees, of leaves or branches.e.g.“frondation , or the taking off some of the luxuriant branches and sprays of such trees” — 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal SocieDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).